First and foremost, welcome to the Final
Chapter of Star Trek: The Final Frontier.Before this epic begins, I would like to take a moment to thank everyone
who has taken the time to read TFF over the years—and I would especially like
to thank those of you who provided comments and insights into the series.You know who you are.Without people like you, I never would have
been able to devote five years of my life to this massive project.And since I’m going to save the longwinded
and emotional speech for the final episode, I guess I’ll leave just it at that…

And now a quick note about the timeline
that starts… well, right after I’m done babbling.It’s a work in progress.For the most part, I’ve limited it to events that I think might be
relevant to The Final Chapter.While
I’m reasonably certain of the story’s direction, nothing is set in stone until
an episode is complete.Additionally,
I’ve included some fairly generic events that are meant to fill in some of the
blanks that I probably won’t be able to cover in the series (like much of the
ancient Elorg/Phobian/Iconian history).A lot of you have been asking for such details, but I have been unable
to incorporate them into the story.This timeline might be as good as it gets.

Yes, I have decided to incorporate Enterprise
into the TFF universe.I’ve been
ambivalent about Enterprise in the past, but I have begrudgingly come to
accept it as an actual part of the Star Trek universe.“Borderland” was pretty good, wasn’t
it?The Orions looked just like I
thought they would!

And… before I get tons of hate mail, I
should like to clarify right now that I thought The Empire Strikes
Back was an excellent movie.By
far, my favorite of the Star Wars flicks.

To ensure an enjoyable experience for you
and your friends…

• Be considerate!Please, refrain from talking during the
show.

• Turn off all cell phones, pagers,
Gameboy Advance SPs, and that hideous electric fruitcake hat that your
grandmother gave you for your birthday last year.I don’t care how near and dear it is to your heart, that thing
has to go!

• Place all waste in the nearest
receptacle on your way out.

Now, grab an ice-cold Pepsi, sit back, and
enjoy

STAR TREK: THE FINAL FRONTIER - THE FINAL
CHAPTER

Previously…

201,134 BCE

• A conflict
between the Phobian Republic and the Al-Bhed Collective begins.The Phobians are swiftly defeated at every
encounter (“A Link to the Past”).

201,131 BCE

• The Phobians encounter a space-dwelling organism in the
Sra’xa’diin Nebula.After extensive
study, Phobian scientists are able to genetically modify the organisms for use
against the Al-Bhed (“A Link to the Past”).

201,129 BCE

• The Phobians successfully deploy the genetically modified
aliens in battle; the Al-Bhed are summarily eliminated (“A Link to the Past”).

• The Phobian Republic enjoys a few months of peace, however scientists
quickly discover that they are unable to control their creation—and with the
Al-Bhed no longer a viable target, the aliens—now known as the
Sra’xa’diin—begin to attack Phobian targets (“Reconciliation,” “A Link to the
Past”).

• The Phobian Ambassador Phannah contacts the Iconians for help
containing the Sra’xa’diin (“A Link to the Past”).

201,128 BCE

• The Iconian Professor Eridar reaches Fa’diel Station several
months later, and is initially receptive to Phannah’s suggestions—but when he discovers
the Sra’xa’diin were genetically modified to suit the Phobians’ needs, Eridar
officially withdraws the Iconian’s support.Unfortunately, he is killed by the Sra’xa’diin shortly thereafter (“A
Link to the Past”).

• Without help from the Iconians, the Phobian Republic quickly
begins to crumble.In a matter of
months, the Sra’xa’diin obliterate more than 90% of the Republic
(“Reconciliation”).

• Rumors of a powerful species called the Elorg begin to
circulate (“A Link to the Past”).

201,126 BCE

• Hoping to preserve at least some of their species from
slaughter, the Phobians place dozens of their young in stasis pods, and launch
them into the unknown (“Reconciliation”).

• The remainder of the Phobian Republic’s fleet is annihilated
by the Sra’xa’diin at Xantoran VII (“Reconciliation”).

200,914 BCE

• The Iconians seal the Sra’xa’diin into fluidic space (“A Link
to the Past”).

200,618 BCE

• The Elorg Prophet Na’zar is born on Brilnari IV (“The
Joining”).

200,505 BCE

• The star at the center of the Eredas System enters the final
stage of its life.Instead of
evacuating, the denizens of the fifth planet—the enigmatic Elorg—decide to move
their entire homeworld to safety (“Lost Worlds”).

200,464 BCE

• Na’zar sets out on a journey of exploration that takes him
across the galaxy; he chronicles his journey in a set of notes that would later
be dubbed The Tome of Na’zar.

200,409 BCE

• After nearly 100 years of preparation, the Elorg use a highly
advanced transwarp conduit to move their homeworld, Eredas, to safety (“Lost
Worlds,” “Rebena Te Ra”).

200,406 BCE

• The Elorg try to place Eredas in orbit of a nearby star, but
their efforts are hindered by a species known as the Rilnar.Instead of fleeing to another star system,
the Elorg stand and fight; they subsequently claim the Rilnar System as their
own (“Roulette”

200,399 BCE

• The Rilnar armada attacks Eredas.Angered by the assault, the Elorg amass a considerable fleet of
starships and hunt down the attackers; before long, the entire Rilnar armada is
destroyed, and the Rilnar themselves are a conquered people (“Roulette”).

200,316 BCE

• Na’zar concludes his travels, and thusly begins to share the
chronicles of his journey with his peers back on Brilnari IV.Many of his thoughts and observations are
considered revolutionary, and at the urging of the Brilnari government, Na’zar
travels to Eredas to share his findings.

200,315 BCE

• Na’zar finds the journey to Eredas an arduous one.While his route falls entirely within the
borders of Elorg space, the myriad Elorg colonies rarely communicate with one
another, and their differing laws and agendas tended to weaken the empire as a
whole.

• When Na’zar finally reaches Eredas, he finds a world in
decay.A combination of factors,
including civil war, poverty, and plague, have reduced the once opulent world
into little more than a slum.With little
in the way of a government, Na’zar finds it relatively easy for the natives to
accept his ideas.

200,311 BCE

• Na’zar forms the Elorg Bloc.At the moment, it is little more than an official title for the myriad
Elorg colonies, but as word of the newly organized government begins to spread,
leaders from each of the colonies travel to Eredas to learn more.

200,307 BCE

• At long last, representatives from all 21 of the major Elorg
colonies agree to unify.Na’zar thusly
grants each of the representatives the title of Overseer, and appoints them to
the newly established Conclave of Overseers.

200,306 BCE

• Curious about this new government forming very near the
borders of their empire, the Iconians begin to investigate the Elorg Bloc.

200,304 BCE

• After several years of rule by the Conclave of Overseers,
Na’zar seeks to reform the governing council, believing the Conclave needs a
single voice to speak of its myriad actions.

• In response to the call for reform, the Conclave appoints
Overseer Fenix to the newly created position of Cerebrate.

200,294 BCE

• Hoping to add a few more worlds to the Elorg Bloc, Fenix
issues an edict to the Conclave of Overseers authorizing them to colonize
worlds along the Iconian Border.

200,292 BCE

• The Elorg colonize Gildebron III, a desert world on the edge
of their territory.It is the first of
six colonies established under the Cerebrate’s edict.

• On his deathbed, Na’zar adds a list of ten prophecies to The
Tome of Na’zar.He claims they are
visions sent to him by the chi-goehs, the Elorg gods.

200,289 BCE

• Hoping to dissuade any further colonization along their
border, the Iconians attack the Elorg colony on Rebena Te Ra. The Iconians
subsequently occupy Rebena Te Re, making it one of the few colonies where
Iconians and Elorg coexist (“In Memoriam”).

• Fenix dies at the age 304.

• An’tiir is elevated to Cerebrate—and vows to honor both Na’zar
and Fenix by continuing to expand the Elorg Bloc (“Adversaries”).

200,172 BCE

• The Elorg continue to colonize, not only along the Iconian
border, but across the galaxy.Their
territory now spans hundreds of light years, and their military now rivals that
of the Iconian Confederation…Unwilling
to stand by and allow the Elorg to gain supremacy over the galaxy, the Iconians
attack and destroy most of the Elorg colonies along the border—and the Great
War begins.

• An’tiir and the Conclave of Overseers quickly decide to take
Eredas to a secluded—and secret—location in order to prevent an Iconian
attack.The tactic was devised by
Na’zar decades earlier (“Lost Worlds”).

200,166 BCE

• After enduring a considerable stalemate, both the Elorg and
the Iconians attempt to harness the vast energies of interspace, the layer of space
between subspace and normal space.The
Iconians are immediately successful—but are surprised to find a malevolent
species, known as the Ividians, inhabit the region.Their task force is summarily obliterated (“In the Line of Fire,
part II”).

• The Elorg quickly take advantage of the Iconians’ predicament,
and make several bold forays into Iconian space.

• In response to the incursions, the Iconians attack the Elorg
flagship, killing Cerebrate Al’tiir in the process.

200,165 BCE

• Jevian is elevated to Cerebrate.He authorizes the construction of a new Elorg flagship—a city
ship—that would serve as headquarters for the Elorg Bloc for the remainder of
the war.

200,161 BCE

• Construction of the city ship is completed.

200,157 BCE

• Jevian is assassinated by the Iconians.

• A resolute Overseer Xa’yen is elevated to Cerebrate.After naming the city ship to honor the
fallen Cerebrate Jevian, he vows to bring about an end the war.

200,156 BCE

• The Battle of Sorrows.The Elorg and the Iconians wage a cataclysmic battle that ends with the
destruction of Iconia.In one final act
of desperation, the Iconians use their dimensional technology to seal the
entire Elorg fleet into a subspace pocket.In the aftermath of the battle, both the Elorg and Iconians are thought
extinct (“Beginnings”).

• A small group of Elorg, however, manage to escape
capture.Fearing some of the Iconians
might have also survived, the Elorg flee into the Alpha Quadrant, where they
founded the highly enigmatic Breen Confederacy (“Desperate Measures”).

200,154 BCE

• Because they did nothing for the Elorg during the Great War,
Xa’yen declares the chi-goehs false gods.To fill the newfound spiritual void, Xa’yen declares himself a
divinity (“Toccata and Fugue”).

30,000 BCE

• Modern humans evolve on Earth.

3200 BCE

• The first of many violent wars takes place on Vulcan.

371 CE

•After thousands of
years of violence and bloodshed, a philosopher known as Surak leads the Vulcan people
to reject their emotions in favor of a philosophy that embraced pure logic
(“The Savage Curtain” [TOS]).

378

• The Romulans leave Vulcan in a rebellion against Surak’s
teachings (“Unification” [TNG]).

384

• The Romulans conquer the Remans.

• The Romulan Star Empire is founded.

407

• As Elorg culture continues to stagnate in subspace, many
individuals begin to seek the forbidden wisdom of the chi-goehs.

1014

• A century-long war between Romulus and Vulcan begins (“Death Wish”
[VGR]).The war would ultimately end in
stalemate.

1129

• The Hebitians attack and occupy the Breen Homeworld (“Toccata
and Fugue”).

1344

• Led by Za-el, the Breen destroy a Hebitian outpost in the
Molgeras Sector.The victory gives the
Breen the momentum needed to destroy the Hebitians (“Toccata and Fugue”).

• The Cardassians, also emerging from Hebitian rule, begin to
assert themselves as a culture (“Chain of Command” [TNG]).

1953

• The Vulcans make first contact with the Andorians (“The
Shipment” [ENT]).

2063

• Humans become a warp-capable civilization (Star Trek: First
Contact).

• The Vulcans make first contact with humanity (Star Trek: First
Contact).

2119

• Starfleet is established on Earth (“Broken Bow” [ENT]).

2152

• The Earth Starship Enterprise encounters the Romulans
for the first time (“Minefield” [ENT]).

2153

• Seven million people are killed when the Xindi attack Earth
(“The Expanse” [ENT]).

• The Enterprise is ordered to find the Xindi weapon and
prevent another attack (“The Expanse” [ENT]).

2154

• With help from both the Andorians and several of the Xindi
factions, the Enterprise is able to destroy the Xindi weapon (“Zero
Hour” [ENT]).

2156

• After learning of Earth’s longstanding alliance with Vulcan,
the Romulans attack, thrusting Starfleet into another major interstellar
conflict (“Balance of Terror” [TOS]).

2161

• The Romulan War ends.The Treaty of Algeron establishes a vast Neutral Zone between Earth and
Romulan territories (“Balance of Terror” [TOS])

• The United Federation of Planets is established.Founding members include Andoria, Earth,
Tellar, and Vulcan (“Zero Hour” [ENT]).

2218

• The Federation has a deadly encounter with the Klingon
Empire.The incident leads to nearly a
century of hostilities between the Klingons and Federation (“First Contact”
[TNG]).

2266

• The Romulans violate the Neutral Zone for the first time
(“Balance of Terror” [TOS]).

2293

• A catastrophic explosion on the Klingon moon Praxis causes
serious ecological and economical damage to the KlingonHomeworld.The Klingon Chancellor Gorkon subsequently launches a peace initiative
with the Federation, an event that leads to the historic Khitomer Accords (Star
Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country).

2311

• The Tomed Incident between the Federation and Romulans.
Thousands are killed on both sides of the conflict, and the Romulans enter an
extended period of isolation that lasts until 2364.During that time, the Romulans develop their D’deridex-class
warbird (“The Neutral Zone” [TNG]).

2314

• The Dii’nysyr Incident.A renegade Elorg warship attempts to spread the word of the chi-goehs.A young Overseer Xi’Yor ensures that the
renegades are destroyed(“Toccata and Fugue”).

2328

• The Cardassian Union annexes Bajor (“Ensign Ro” [TNG]).

2363

• The Federation Starship Alexander intercepts one of the
hundred escape pods launched the Phobians several thousand years ago.The pod contains one life form, a child by
the name of Bator (“Reconciliation” [TFF]).

2365

• The Federation has first contact with the Borg (“Q Who?”
[TNG]).

2368

• With help from Vulcan Ambassador Spock, support for Romulan
reunification with Vulcan quietly grows on Romulus (“Unification” [TNG]).

2369

• The Cardassians withdraw their claim to Bajor.The Federation assumes control of Deep Space
Nine at the invitation of the Bajoran government (“Emissary” [DS9]).

• The Bajoran Wormhole is discovered in the Denorios Belt
(“Emissary” [DS9]).

2370

• The Federation has contact with the Dominion on the other side
of the Bajoran Wormhole (“The Jem’Hadar” [DS9]).

2372

• The Cardassian government is overthrown by civilians (“The Way
of the Warrior” [DS9]).

• Believing civilians could not have overthrown the Cardassian
government without help, the Klingons invade Cardassia, stating the Dominion
engineered the coup (“The Way of the Warrior” [DS9]).

• The Khitomer Accords are dissolved (“The Way of the Warrior”
[DS9]).

2373

• In order to avoid a long-term Klingon occupation, the
Cardassians join the Dominion (“By Inferno’s Light” [DS9]).

• The Khitomer Accords are reinstated (“By Inferno’s Light”
[DS9]).

• The Borg discover fluidic space.They subsequently mount an invasion in an attempt to assimilate
Species 8472—the Sra’xa’diin—but are quickly defeated (“Scorpion” [VGR]).

• The Federation and Klingons become involved in a large-scale
war with the Cardassians and the Dominion (“A Call to Arms” [DS9]).

2374

• Despite several major victories against the Dominion, the
Federation’s future is still in doubt (“Statistical Probabilities” [DS9]).

• Starfleet Captain Benjamin Sisko brings the Romulans into the war
against the Dominion (“In the Pale Moonlight” [DS9]).

2375

• The Breen ally themselves with the Dominion.At this point in time, their true origins
are completely unknown; many people believed the Breen Homeworld a frozen
wasteland, but others were convinced it was a tropical paradise (“Strange
Bedfellows,” “The Changing Face of Evil” [DS9]).

• The Dominion War ends when the Cardassians, led by Legate
Damar, turn against their Dominion oppressors.More than 800,000,000 Cardassians are killed in the final battle, and
the Federation, Klingon, Romulan, and Dominion fleets are left in ruins (“What
You Leave Behind” [DS9]).

2376

• The Dominion retreats into the Gamma Quadrant.

• While the Klingon Empire remains in shambles, Federation and
Romulan forces quickly begin to rebuild their fleets.

• The Romulans refuse to relinquish control of several
Federation colonies annexed during the Dominion War, including those in the
Kilka Sector (“Beginnings”).

2377

• The USS Voyager returns from the Delta Quadrant
(“Endgame” [VGR]).

2378

• Led by Shinzon, the Remans assassinate most of the Romulan
Senators and take control of the Senate.Shinzon later makes preparations to attack and destroy Earth, but the
plan is foiled by the Starship Enterprise and the few Romulan Senators
that survived the Senate upheaval (Star Trek: Nemesis).

2379

• Following the Shinzon incident, the Romulans and Federation
make several attempts at peace, however the annexed colonies along the Neutral
Zone are a continued point of contention (“The Fields of Asphodel”).

2380

• Peace talks between the Federation and Romulans break down,
and the two empires subsequently to go war (“The Fields of Asphodel”).

2382

• Lacking a strong leadership, the Romulan front crumbles.They surrender to Federation forces and
relinquish control of almost all disputed territories to the Federation (“The
Fields of Asphodel”).

2384

• Talyere Rosat, a highly respected Elorg Overseer, begins to
speak out in favor of the chi-goehs.His actions are quickly condemned by Overseer Xi’Yor and the Conclave of
Overseers (“Beginnings”).

2386

• Using the advanced Borg technology collected by the USS Voyager,
the Federation finally begins to develop a stable transwarp manifold
(“Beginnings”).

2392

• Alan Christopher is promoted to Captain, and is given command
of the Starship Discovery (“In Pursuit of Justice”).

• Starfleet develops a new type of transwarp-capable
shuttlecraft; the Discovery is given the prototype USS Dark Star
(“In Pursuit of Justice”).

• Despite condemnation from the Conclave of Overseers, Talyere
Rosat continues to be a major proponent of the chi-goehs—and his beliefs
are slowly gaining popularity (“Beginnings”).

2393

• A subspace rupture begins to form in the Kilka Sector; because
the area is still under Romulan control, the Federation refuses to
investigate.The rift, however, continues
to expand, forcing Alan Christopher and Rachael Meyer to disregard Starfleet’s
order.He steals the Dark Star
and enters the Kilka Sector to seal the rift (“Beginnings,” “In Pursuit of
Justice”).

2394

• The Romulans finally relinquish control of the Kilka Sector to
the Federation (“In Pursuit of Justice”).

• Forces in favor of the chi-goehs begin to take radical
actions against the divine Cerebrate Z’danorax.While Talyere Rosat has no part in these radical maneuvers, he
nevertheless sympathizes with the rebels—a stance that causes much chaos within
the Conclave (“Beginnings”).

2395

•The rift in the Kilka
Sector reopens.

• Led by Xi’Yor, the Conclave of Overseers decides to execute
all who oppose the divinity of the Cerebrate Z’danorax.To evade Xi’Yor’s forces, Talyere Rosat
flees through the rift into the Kilka Sector—and is greeted by the USS Starlight.Xi’Yor’s forces quickly follow… only to
discover that the rift is an exit from subspace (“Beginnings”).

• The Elorg drive the Federation away from the Alteran Expanse
and claim the entire region as their own (“Beginnings”).

• Alan Christopher and Rachael Meyer are captured by Starfleet,
but their punishment is ultimately negated; Christopher is given command of the
Starlight (“In Pursuit of Justice”).

• The Romulans attempt to invade the Aurillac Sector, but the
attempt fails.The Romulan fleet is
left in ruins (“Ground Zero”).

• Xi’Yor challenges Talyere to the zagah’tulina, a form
of ancient ritual combat.Talyere
accepts the challenge, but it turns out to be a trap; he is captured and
interrogated by Xi’Yor (“Requiem”)

2396

• The Starlight makes first contact with the Velora
Aggregate (“Velora, part I”).

• Still incarcerated aboard Xi’Yor’s flagship, Talyere forms a
pact with several Underlings sympathetic to his cause.With their help, Talyere is able to get a
transmission to the Starlight, and is thusly rescued (“Between Dark
Places”).

• After conquering Gildebron III, the Elorg attack Ka’Tula
Prime.Rachael Meyer is killed by
Xi’Yor during the bombardment (“Meridian Dance”).

• The Battle of Ciden.Federation and Elorg forces wage a considerable battle in orbit of Ciden
II.Both sides suffer heavy losses, but
the Elorg front crumbles when Cerebrate Z’danorax is mortally wounded
(“Checkmate”).

•Z’danorax dies aboard
the Starlight; before her death, she appoints Talyere the next
Cerebrate; he declines the offer, but remains the Chosen One of Z’danorax
(“Confessions and Confrontations”).

• Talyere forces the Elorg to surrender.The Elorg are subsequently relocated into
Breen space, where the Breen Confederacy is absorbed into the Elorg Bloc
(“Confessions and Confrontations”).

• Federation and Cardassian forces attempt to maintain order
within the new Elorg territories, but Xi’Yor is not content with this new
arrangement, and conspires to clandestinely gain control of the government
(“Sodom and Gomorrah”).

• Alan Christopher and Erin Keller are married (“Once Upon a
Wedding…”).

2398

• In an effort to secure dilithium for the Federation, President
Ghodan Makar accuses the Romulans of developing weapons of mass
destruction—summarily giving the Federation a reason to occupy several
dilithium-rich Romulan colonies (Various Episodes).

• The Starlight encounters the last known remnants of the
Phobian Republic, an ancient outpost on the fringe of explored space.Unfortunately, the station is captured by
Species 8472 shortly thereafter (“A Link to the Past”).

• Xi’Yor allies himself with Overseer Ra’thenn, and together
they assassinate the newly installed Cerebrate Zalsar.Ra’thenn is elevated to the position of
Cerebrate (“Aria of Sorrows”).

• Tensions between the Breen and Elorg grow, as the vast
majority of the Breen still recognize the chi-goehs—and not the
Cerebrate Ra’thenn—as divinity.As a
result, Ra’thenn and Xi’Yor begin to suppress the Breen (“Kalidar Rising”).

• The Breen contact Talyere, and beg him to assume his rightful
position as Cerebrate (“Destinies of Flame and Sorrow”).

• Battle of Talon IV.The conflict between the Federation and Romulan empires ends with the
dissolution of the Romulan Senate.Despite the hostilities, Praetor Tomalak still seeks to forge a lasting
peace with the Federation, mainly due to his amicable relationship with Alan
Christopher (“Destinies of Flame and Sorrow”).

• The Elorg, lead by Xi’Yor, launch a devastating attack on
Earth.It is the beginning of a new
Elorg campaign to eliminate the Federation and restore the former Elorg Bloc
forged by Na’zar 200,000 years ago (“Screams of Armageddon”).

2399

• Unwilling to allow Xi’Yor’s rampage to continue, Talyere joins
the Breen Resistance, intent on restoring Eredas to power before Xi’Yor.It is widely believed that he who controls
Eredas will control the Elorg Bloc—unfortunately, the location of the Elorg
homeworld was long ago lost.Thus, both
Talyere and Xi’Yor embark upon a journey to Rebena Te Ra, an ancient
observatory known to have tracked Eredas across the cosmos (“Toccata and
Fugue”).

•Xi’Yor’s medical
condition worsens, and he fakes his death to test Ra’thenn’s loyalty.Believing Xi’Yor dead, Ra’thenn disobeys
orders, and focuses on his own agenda.After “recovering,” Xi’Yor makes it clear to Ra’thenn that his days as
Cerebrate are numbered (“Toccata and Fugue”).

• Ghodan Makar is revealed to be a changeling, and while it was
obvious he purposely engineered the war between the Federation and Romulans,
the extent of his treachery remains unknown (“Moments of Transition”).